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Cell Broadband Engine Processor-Based Systems White Paper

Overview The Cell B.E. processor ushers in a new era of capabilities for Digital Media, and by extension other High Performance Computing applications. It is a multi-core multi thread design that promises to be faster than traditional microprocessors available in the market today. The core CPU is based on IBM's Power Architecture, in this design called a Power Processor Element, and it also includes 8 Synergistic Processor Elements for each PPE, operating in a data parallel mode.

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Publisher	IBM	File Format	PDF
Date Published	September 2006
Format	White Papers
Topics	Broadband, Microprocessors, Processors

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